Teachers (list):Tamara Gass Textbook (World Cultures and Geography, McDougal Littel, 2008):
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Unit
Objective:"The learner will . . ."
Standard(s)
No. of Days
Vocabulary Terms
Resources
Student Learning Activities
Assessment
Language Arts Standards and Multiple Literacies
Unit 1, Ch 1, 2, 3,4
Explain the geography is the study of people, places and environments
Explain that geographers are interested in how human activities have shaped different places of the Earth.
Describe the difference between physical geographers and human geographers.
Explain how internal and external forces shape Earth.
Explain the importance of water to plant and animal life on Earth.
Describe how weather and climate affect vegetation regions on Earth.
Summarize the reasons people live in different places.
Explain why people have moved since the earliest times and continue to move today.
Explain how people manage natural resources and how natural resources contribute to a country's economy.
Identify why people form governments and other organizations.
Point out that all societies develop their own culture---a way of life held in common.
Discuss the reasons that different cultures might meet their needs in different ways.
Predict some ways that ideas spread from one place to another.
The World in Spatial Terms SS 8.3.1 Students will analyze where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized on the Earth’s surface.
SS 8.3.1.a Use and interpret different types of maps/charts/diagrams/timelines (primary sources where available)
SS 8.3.1.b Use and interpret the results of mapping technologies, parts of a map and map projections (e.g., cartography/ Geographic Information Systems)
SS 8.3.1.c Compare world views using mental maps (e.g., students sketch a map to demonstrate their personal perception of the world and compare it to previous personal maps)
Application of Geography to Issues and Events
SS 8.3.6 Students will analyze issues and/or events using geographic knowledge and skills to make informed decisions.
SS 8.3.6.b Describe and analyze the role of geographic factors in determining the spatial arrangement of humans and their activity (e.g., geographic concentration of manufacturing, banking, or high tech industries; urbanization; availability of arable land, water and suitable climate for farming; access to resources for development, surveying, mapping, public land survey system, drawing of state and county boundaries
Financial Literacy
SS 8.2.5 Students will identify the basic economic systems in the global economy.
SS 8.2.5.a Compare and contrast characteristics of different economic systems. (e.g., traditional, command, market, mixed
SS 8.2.5.b Discuss various philosophies regarding governments' role in an economy (e.g., capitalism, socialism
The World in Spatial Terms
SS 8.3.1 Students will analyze where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized on the Earth’s surface.
SS 8.3.1.a Use and interpret different types of maps/charts/diagrams/timelines (primary sources where available)
SS 8.3.1.b Use and interpret the results of mapping technologies, parts of a map and map projections (e.g., cartography/ Geographic Information Systems)
SS 8.3.1.c Compare world views using mental maps (e.g., students sketch a map to demonstrate their personal perception of the world and compare it to previous personal maps)
Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards
Video Clip
Make a time line to compare the characteristics of Paleolithic and Neolithic societies
Chapter Tests
Interactive Review
Vocabulary Review
quizzes, reteach activities
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Write Tools Note taking
and Summary Writing
Geography Quiz
LA 6.1.5.c Select and apply knowledge of context clues (e.g., word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph clues, re-reading) and text features (e.g., glossary, headings, subheadings, index, tables, maps, charts) to determine meaning of unknown words in a variety of text structures
LA 6.1.6 Comprehension: Students will extract and construct meaning using prior knowledge, applying text information, and monitoring comprehension while reading grade level text.
LA 6.1.6.e Summarize, analyze, and synthesize informational text using main idea and supporting details
LA 6.2 Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
LA 6.3 Students will learn and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate.
LA 6.1.4 Fluency: Students will read a variety of grade level texts fluently with accuracy, appropriate pace, phrasing, and expression.
LA 6.3.2 Listening Skills: Students will develop, apply, and refine active listening skills across a variety of situations.
LA 6.3.3 Reciprocal Communication: Students will develop, apply, and adapt reciprocal communication skills.
Multiple Literacies
6.4.1Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.
6.4.2 Multiple Literacies: Students will practice the norm of appropriate and responsible technology use.
Unit 6 Ch. 17,18
Identify the stages of the development of human ancestors in Africa.
Explain the structure of society in traditional African cultures.
Explain how the Nile is Egypt's lifeline.
Summarize the history of ancient Egypt.
Describe the culture of ancient Egypt.
Identify the foreign powers in Egypt since ancient times and the steps to Egyptian independence.
Describe life in Egypt today.
Explain how cultural differences cause conflicts.
Describe the cultural influences in North Africa.
Compare the governments and economies in North Africa.
Places and Regions
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
12 days
"Egypt"
Mount Kilimanjaro,
Nile, savanna,Sahel,
desertification, hominid, bipedal,
Stone Age, griotanimism, stateless societies, lineage,
dynasty,
pharaoh,
pyramid, fossil, hieroglyphics, domesticate, patrilineal,
papyrus,
mummy,
Rosetta Stone,Islam,
Muslim, modernize, dictatorship
Chapter 17-18 Classzone
Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards
Video Clips
Play"Return of an Ancient Pharaoh Hatshepsut"
"Mummified Apples"
King Tut's tomb
www.mrdowling.com
Play
Make a pyramid
"Mummified Apples" Writing Tools Summary and Compare and Contrast paragraphs,
Note-taking
Summarize Find Main Idea
Analyze Cause and Effect Sequence Events
Chapter 17-18 quizzes, reteach activities, play,
Rubric writing summary, compare/contrast
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Write Tools Note taking
Play
Participation
Chapter
assessments
Unit 7 Ch. 21, 22, and 23
Describe the physical features of Southwest Asia.
Compare ancient and modern techniques of providing water to the people of the region.
Identify reasons why Southwest Asia is prone to earthquakes.
Identify the physical features of India.
Describe the extreme weather and natural disasters that are common in South Asia.
Describe how civilization arose in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent.
Compare the accomplishments of Sargon and Hammurabi.
Identify features of the Indus River Valley Civilization.
Describe the history, government, culture, and economics of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran.
Summarize the history of Israel and Palestinian territories.
Explain why Jerusalem is considered the birthplace of three religions.
Describe how Israel is building its economy.
Describe the two early societies that contributed to India's culture.
Identify the three main empires that ruled India.
Explain how India achieved independence and what led to partition.
Identify the religions that originated in India.
Compare village life to urban life in India today.
Describe the popular culture in India today.
Places and Regions
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
28 days
"Mesopotamia "oasis, plateau,Arabian Peninsula, Anatolian Peninsula, Plateau of Iran, subcontinent, Himalayas, Mount Everest, Indus River, Ganges River, Monsoon, cyclone,tsunami, famine, Mesopotamia, silt civilization, Sumer, city-state, ziggurat, polytheistic, cuneiform,Fertile Crescent, Hammurabi's Code, Harappan Civilization,
India
Bedouin, Muhammad, monotheism, Islam, Muslim, OPEC, Kurd, Persia, shah, theocracy, Holocaust, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Palestinian territories, Palestine Liberation Organization, Jerusalem, Judaism Christianity, kibbutz, Sanskrit, caste, Vedas, Hinduism, Buddhism, Buddha, Taj Mahal, Mohandas Gandhi, karma, nirvana, reincarnation, sari, rickshaw
Make a rainfall graph
Make a poster showing a Summer Monsoon and Winter Monsoon
Chapter
21,22, 23 quizzes,
reteach activities,
Rubric writing summary, compare/
contrast
Write Tools Note taking
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Participation Discussion
Chapter assessments
Unit 8,Ch. 25
China
Compare the geographic features of western and eastern China.
Describe China's climate and resources.
Analyze the effects of China's natural disasters.
Explain the dynastic cycle.
Analyze the influence of scholars and inventors in China.
Identify groups who fought to control China in the early 20th century.
Identify values that were important in traditional Chinese society.
Analyze changes in Chinese life following the Communist takeover.
Compare life in rural and urban China.
Places and Regions
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
12 days
China
Three Gorges Dam, Hydroelectric Power, Himalayas, Taklimakan Desert, Gobi Desert, Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang, seismic,North China Plain, Shi Huangdi, emperor, dynasty, Middle Kingdom, dynastic cycle, Great Wall, Confucianism, scholar-official, communism, Mao Zedong, Daoism, Dao, Silk Roads, Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, ritual, communal, National People's Congress, Tiananmen square, command economy, free enterprise, reform, Chinese New Year
Identify the geographical features, climates and resources of Europe.
Describe how classical cultures of Greece and Rome continue to influence the world today.
Explain feudalism and the changes brought about by the Renaissance.
Summarize the key ideas and events of modern Europe and history
Western Europe.
Identify the geographic characteristics that define the sub-regions of Western Europe.
Identify the cultural characteristics that defines the sub-regions of Western Europe.
Summarize the similarities and differences among the countries of Western Europe.
Places and Regions
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
Unit 4
12 Days
Europe
peninsula, Alps,
North European Plain,
North Atlantic Drift, fossil fuels, renewable sources, hydroelectric power, seafaring,
democracy, Peloponnesus, city-state, t
yrant, oligarchy, republic patrician, plebeian, isolate, monarchy,
Alexander the Great, Middle Ages, medieval,
feudalism, lord, vassal, knight, serf, manor,
Renaissance,
patron secular,
perspective,
Reformation,
Protestant,
Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment,
French Revolution, nationalism,
Industrial Revolution, imperialism,
Holocaust,
European Union(EU)
Describe and compare the geography of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
Identify the climates and vegetation of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
Describe the Olmec and Mayan civilization and their significant achievements.
Describe the Aztec and Inca civilizations and their significant achievements.
Places and Regions
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
12 Days
Latin America
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre Oriental
isthmus
highlands
archipelago
Greater Antilles
Lesser Antilles
Andes Mountains
altiplano
llanos
pampas
Amazon River
rain forest
Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and South America Olmec, Maya, Aztec, cultural hearth,
glyph empire
Chinampas, culture, conquistador, colony, mestizo, Father Hidalgo, Simon Bolivar, annex, cession, Antonio de Santa Anna, Benito Juarez, squatter, mural, Diego Rivera, fiesta, Day of the Dead, urban, rural, push factor, pull factor
Columbian Exchange
conquistador
colony'mestizo
Father Hidalgo
Jose San Martin
Chapter 7
quizzes, reteach activities,Rubric paragraph compare/contrast
Write Tools Note taking Participation
assessments,
quizzes, reteach activities,
Rubric
paragraph compare/contrast
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Note taking
Participation
SS 8.1.1.c Identify the development of written laws and other documents (e.g., Hammurabi’s Code, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Preamble and Bill of Rights)
SS 8.1.2 Students will describe the roles, responsibilities, and rights as local, state, national, and international citizens and participate in civic service. 8.2 World History to 1000 A.D.8.2.1 Students will describe human culture in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. 8.2.2 Students will describe the impact of ancient river valley civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China) on the development of world cultures. 8.2.3 Students will describe the impact of history, culture, and geography of Greece and Rome on later civilizations. 8.2.4 Students will describe the development and cultural impact of major religions. 8.2.5 Students will describe the impact of life in Medieval Europe on later civilizations. 8.2.6 Students will describe the impact of selected civilizations in Asia and Africa on the development of later cultures.
Study Skills
Organization,
Time Management
Listening Skills
Notetaking
Test Taking Skills
Reading Maps, Graphs, Charts
Students will develop good study skills
15 days
Listening/Hearing
Multiple Choice
Essay
Short Answer
SQ3R
Half Notes
Primary and Secondary Sources
Political Cartoon
Kube abd /bar Graphs
Pie Graphs
Political Maps Thematic Maps
Time Lines
Constructed Response
Extended Response
Document-Based Questions
Test Taking Strategies and Practice
You Can Take Charge Level A Study Skills Curriculum
Study Skills A and B McDonald Reproducible
Textbook (World Cultures and Geography, McDougal Littel, 2008):
Study Skills
Standards and Multiple Literacies
Explain that geographers are interested in how human activities have shaped different places of the Earth.
Describe the difference between physical geographers and human geographers.
Explain how internal and external forces shape Earth.
Explain the importance of water to plant and animal life on Earth.
Describe how weather and climate affect vegetation regions on Earth.
Summarize the reasons people live in different places.
Explain why people have moved since the earliest times and continue to move today.
Explain how people manage natural resources and how natural resources contribute to a country's economy.
Identify why people form governments and other organizations.
Point out that all societies develop their own culture---a way of life held in common.
Discuss the reasons that different cultures might meet their needs in different ways.
Predict some ways that ideas spread from one place to another.
SS 8.3.1 Students will analyze where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized on the Earth’s surface.
SS 8.3.1.a Use and interpret different types of maps/charts/diagrams/timelines (primary sources where available)
SS 8.3.1.b Use and interpret the results of mapping technologies, parts of a map and map projections (e.g., cartography/ Geographic Information Systems)
SS 8.3.1.c Compare world views using mental maps (e.g., students sketch a map to demonstrate their personal perception of the world and compare it to previous personal maps)
Application of Geography to Issues and Events
SS 8.3.6 Students will analyze issues and/or events using geographic knowledge and skills to make informed decisions.
SS 8.3.6.b Describe and analyze the role of geographic factors in determining the spatial arrangement of humans and their activity (e.g., geographic concentration of manufacturing, banking, or high tech industries; urbanization; availability of arable land, water and suitable climate for farming; access to resources for development, surveying, mapping, public land survey system, drawing of state and county boundaries
Financial Literacy
SS 8.2.5 Students will identify the basic economic systems in the global economy.
SS 8.2.5.a Compare and contrast characteristics of different economic systems. (e.g., traditional, command, market, mixed
SS 8.2.5.b Discuss various philosophies regarding governments' role in an economy (e.g., capitalism, socialism
The World in Spatial Terms
SS 8.3.1 Students will analyze where (spatial) and why people, places, and environments are organized on the Earth’s surface.
SS 8.3.1.a Use and interpret different types of maps/charts/diagrams/timelines (primary sources where available)
SS 8.3.1.b Use and interpret the results of mapping technologies, parts of a map and map projections (e.g., cartography/ Geographic Information Systems)
SS 8.3.1.c Compare world views using mental maps (e.g., students sketch a map to demonstrate their personal perception of the world and compare it to previous personal maps)
environment,
spatial, location, place, region,cartographer,
remote sensing,
Landsat,
Global Positioning System, Geographic Information System,
location analyst,
climatologist,
urban planner, geomorphology,
surveyor, magma,
continent, tectonic plate, earthquake, Ring of Fire weathering, erosion, sediment, glacier,
volcano, drainage basin, ground water,
hydrologic cycle,
landform,
plateau, relief,
continental shelf, atmosphere, solstice, equinox, weather,
climate, precipitation, vegetation region,
savanna, desert,
global warming,
greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas,
fossil fuels,
desertification,
sustainable,
population,
birth rate, death rate,
rate of natural increase,
population density, urbanization,
demographer,
habitable lands,
urban, rural, migration, immigrant,
push factor, pull factor, culture, diversity discrimination,
refugee,
persecution,
natural resources,
economy,
economic system,
command economy,
market economy, GDP, export, import,
specialization, government, citizen,
representative democracy, monarchy, oligarchy, dictatorship communism, culture, anthropologist,
ethnic group, religion, language, language family, missionary, agriculture revolution, innovation, technology, diffusion,
cultural hearth,
domestication, nomad
Classzone
Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards
Video Clip
Interactive Review
Vocabulary Review
quizzes, reteach activities
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Write Tools Note taking
and Summary Writing
Geography Quiz
LA 6.1.6 Comprehension: Students will extract and construct meaning using prior knowledge, applying text information, and monitoring comprehension while reading grade level text.
LA 6.1.6.e Summarize, analyze, and synthesize informational text using main idea and supporting details
LA 6.2 Students will learn and apply writing skills and strategies to communicate.
LA 6.3 Students will learn and apply speaking and listening skills and strategies to communicate.
LA 6.1.4 Fluency: Students will read a variety of grade level texts fluently with accuracy, appropriate pace, phrasing, and expression.
LA 6.3.2 Listening Skills: Students will develop, apply, and refine active listening skills across a variety of situations.
LA 6.3.3 Reciprocal Communication: Students will develop, apply, and adapt reciprocal communication skills.
Multiple Literacies
6.4.1Multiple Literacies: Students will apply information fluency and practice digital citizenship.
6.4.2 Multiple Literacies: Students will practice the norm of appropriate and responsible technology use.
Explain the structure of society in traditional African cultures.
Explain how the Nile is Egypt's lifeline.
Summarize the history of ancient Egypt.
Describe the culture of ancient Egypt.
Identify the foreign powers in Egypt since ancient times and the steps to Egyptian independence.
Describe life in Egypt today.
Explain how cultural differences cause conflicts.
Describe the cultural influences in North Africa.
Compare the governments and economies in North Africa.
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension
SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
Mount Kilimanjaro,
Nile, savanna,Sahel,
desertification, hominid, bipedal,
Stone Age, griotanimism, stateless societies, lineage,
dynasty,
pharaoh,
pyramid, fossil, hieroglyphics, domesticate, patrilineal,
papyrus,
mummy,
Rosetta Stone,Islam,
Muslim, modernize, dictatorship
Classzone
Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards
Video Clips
Play"Return of an Ancient Pharaoh Hatshepsut"
"Mummified Apples"
King Tut's tomb
www.mrdowling.com
Make a pyramid
"Mummified Apples"
Writing Tools Summary and Compare and Contrast paragraphs,
Note-taking
Summarize Find Main Idea
Analyze Cause and Effect Sequence Events
Rubric writing summary, compare/contrast
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Write Tools Note taking
Play
Participation
Chapter
assessments
Compare ancient and modern techniques of providing water to the people of the region.
Identify reasons why Southwest Asia is prone to earthquakes.
Identify the physical features of India.
Describe the extreme weather and natural disasters that are common in South Asia.
Describe how civilization arose in Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent.
Compare the accomplishments of Sargon and Hammurabi.
Identify features of the Indus River Valley Civilization.
Describe the history, government, culture, and economics of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran.
Summarize the history of Israel and Palestinian territories.
Explain why Jerusalem is considered the birthplace of three religions.
Describe how Israel is building its economy.
Describe the two early societies that contributed to India's culture.
Identify the three main empires that ruled India.
Explain how India achieved independence and what led to partition.
Identify the religions that originated in India.
Compare village life to urban life in India today.
Describe the popular culture in India today.
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension
SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
India
Bedouin, Muhammad, monotheism, Islam, Muslim, OPEC, Kurd, Persia, shah, theocracy, Holocaust, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Palestinian territories, Palestine Liberation Organization, Jerusalem, Judaism Christianity, kibbutz, Sanskrit, caste, Vedas, Hinduism, Buddhism, Buddha, Taj Mahal, Mohandas Gandhi, karma, nirvana, reincarnation, sari, rickshaw
Classzone
Interactive Review, Animated Geography,Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards
Video Clips
www.mrdowling.com
Make a poster showing a Summer Monsoon and Winter Monsoon
21,22, 23 quizzes,
reteach activities,
Rubric writing summary, compare/
contrast
Write Tools Note taking
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Participation Discussion
Chapter assessments
Compare the geographic features of western and eastern China.
Describe China's climate and resources.
Analyze the effects of China's natural disasters.
Explain the dynastic cycle.
Analyze the influence of scholars and inventors in China.
Identify groups who fought to control China in the early 20th century.
Identify values that were important in traditional Chinese society.
Analyze changes in Chinese life following the Communist takeover.
Compare life in rural and urban China.
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension
SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
Three Gorges Dam, Hydroelectric Power, Himalayas, Taklimakan Desert, Gobi Desert, Huang He, Chang Jiang, Xi Jiang, seismic,North China Plain, Shi Huangdi, emperor, dynasty, Middle Kingdom, dynastic cycle, Great Wall, Confucianism, scholar-official, communism, Mao Zedong, Daoism, Dao, Silk Roads, Buddhism, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, ritual, communal, National People's Congress, Tiananmen square, command economy, free enterprise, reform, Chinese New Year
Classzone
Interactive Review, Animated Geography,
Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards
Video Clips
www.mrdowling.com
Connect to Science Make a compass
China
Buffet
Mrs. Semin shares "A Visit to China"
quizzes, reteach activities,
Rubric writing summary, compare/contrast
Write Tools Note taking
Chapter assessments
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Chapter 25 quizzes, reteach activities,Rubric writing summary, compare/contrast
Note taking
Participation
Chapter assessments
Identify the geographical features, climates and resources of Europe.
Describe how classical cultures of Greece and Rome continue to influence the world today.
Explain feudalism and the changes brought about by the Renaissance.
Summarize the key ideas and events of modern Europe and history
Western Europe.
Identify the geographic characteristics that define the sub-regions of Western Europe.
Identify the cultural characteristics that defines the sub-regions of Western Europe.
Summarize the similarities and differences among the countries of Western Europe.
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension
SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
12 Days
peninsula, Alps,
North European Plain,
North Atlantic Drift, fossil fuels, renewable sources, hydroelectric power, seafaring,
democracy, Peloponnesus, city-state, t
yrant, oligarchy, republic patrician, plebeian, isolate, monarchy,
Alexander the Great, Middle Ages, medieval,
feudalism, lord, vassal, knight, serf, manor,
Renaissance,
patron secular,
perspective,
Reformation,
Protestant,
Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment,
French Revolution, nationalism,
Industrial Revolution, imperialism,
Holocaust,
European Union(EU)
Greece/Italy
Byzantine Empire, fascism, Romance language, Vatican, coalition, compulsory, nationalism
Interactive Review, Animated Geography,
Crossword, Vocabulary Flip Cards
Video Clips
www.mrdowling.com
Choose one to research and write a paragraph about the god or goddess.
Greek and Roman gods and goddesses coloring activity
Write Tools Note taking Participation
assessments,
quizzes, reteach activities,
Rubric
paragraph compare/contrast
Rubrics for internet projects and presentations.
Note taking
Participation
Chapter 11 & 12 assessment
Describe and compare the geography of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
Identify the climates and vegetation of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands.
Describe the Olmec and Mayan civilization and their significant achievements.
Describe the Aztec and Inca civilizations and their significant achievements.
SS 8.3.2 Students will examine how regions form and change over time.
Historical Comprehension
SS 8.4.2 (WLD) Students will analyze the impact of people, events, ideas, and symbols upon world history using multiple types of sources.
SS 8.4.3 (WLD) Students will analyze and interpret historical and current events from multiple perspectives.
SS 8.4.4 (WLD) Students will identify causes of past and current events, issues, and problems.
SS 8.4.5 Students will develop historical research skills.
SS 8.4.5.a (WLD) Develop questions about world history
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Ancient Civilizations of Mexico and South America Olmec, Maya, Aztec, cultural hearth,
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SS 8.1.1.c Identify the development of written laws and other documents (e.g., Hammurabi’s Code, Magna Carta, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Preamble and Bill of Rights)
SS 8.1.2 Students will describe the roles, responsibilities, and rights as local, state, national, and international citizens and participate in civic service.
8.2 World History to 1000 A.D.8.2.1 Students will describe human culture in the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras.
8.2.2 Students will describe the impact of ancient river valley civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China) on the development of world cultures.
8.2.3 Students will describe the impact of history, culture, and geography of Greece and Rome on later civilizations.
8.2.4 Students will describe the development and cultural impact of major religions.
8.2.5 Students will describe the impact of life in Medieval Europe on later civilizations.
8.2.6 Students will describe the impact of selected civilizations in Asia and Africa on the development of later cultures.
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